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8. Jay-Z "U Don't Know (2001)"

This was the blueprint for, well, the bombastic Blueprint sound: The soul samples, the pounding bass, the sped up vocals are all on here. Another classic pairing of Just Blaze and Jiggaman. We all knew Jay-Z was rich but clearly we didn't know how rich. When he proclaimed he was going to rape Def Jam until he was the $100 million man, we knew it was serious. Since then, Jay must have made that proclamation a reality at least five times over. Momma definitely ain't raise no fool.